Employee Reviews
(Winged ratings measure job satisfaction on scale of 1 to 5)
Anonymous shared this review of Opower on Mar 22nd, 2017
"Opower is trying very hard to be a great place for women. But, they falter due to a strong "Dude-Bro" culture."
Are women & men treated equally?
"No"
One thing Opower can improve?
"Promote more women into leadership positions"
Recent Salary
$80k-$100k
Recent Bonus
$0-$10k
Level of Flexibility
1
2
3
4
5
Work-Life Friendly Attributes:
Policies, Culture
Did you take Maternity leave?
"No"
Would you recommend Opower to other women?
"Maybe"
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Anonymous shared this review of Opower on Feb 2nd, 2017
"The people are great and the mission was worth it, but the employees did not feel valued by the company. Communication was poor and oftentimes responses to complaints were answered unsatisfactorily with "just suck it up" or "there are worse things.""
Are women & men treated equally?
"No"
One thing Opower can improve?
"Improve my compensation"
Position or Department
Software Engineer, Engineering
Recent Salary
$100k-$150k
Recent Bonus
$0-$10k
Level of Flexibility
1
2
3
4
5
Work-Life Friendly Attributes:
Culture, Hours
Did you take Maternity leave?
"No"
Would you recommend Opower to other women?
"No"
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Anonymous shared this review of Opower on Jan 30th, 2017
"Make sure your manager is doing as much as he (and it's almost certainly a "he") can for you. Push him, if you need to."
Are women & men treated equally?
"No"
One thing Opower can improve?
"Promote more women into leadership positions"
Position or Department
Product Manager
Recent Salary
$100k-$150k
Recent Bonus
$0
Did you take Maternity leave?
"No"
Would you recommend Opower to other women?
"Maybe"
Want to submit a response?
Anonymous shared this review of Opower on May 6th, 2016
"Opower has been great to me. We recently sold to Oracle, not sure what will change or if I will even have a job anymore. "
Are women & men treated equally?
"Yes"
One thing Opower can improve?
"Improve my compensation"
Recent Salary
$80k-$100k
Recent Bonus
$0-$10k
Work-Life Friendly Attributes:
Policies, Culture, Hours
Did you take Maternity leave?
"No"
Would you recommend Opower to other women?
"Maybe"
Want to submit a response?
Anonymous shared this review of Opower on May 5th, 2016
"No women at the top. Some diversity efforts in play, but no awesome results yet. "
Are women & men treated equally?
"No"
One thing Opower can improve?
"Promote more women into leadership positions"
Recent Salary
$80k-$100k
Recent Bonus
$10k-$20k
Work-Life Friendly Attributes:
Policies, Hours
Did you take Maternity leave?
"No"
Would you recommend Opower to other women?
"Maybe"
Want to submit a response?
Anonymous shared this review of Opower on May 3rd, 2016
"Great place to work - recommen. Too bad it just got bought. "
Are women & men treated equally?
"Yes"
One thing Opower can improve?
"Not much; it's a great place to work"
Recent Salary
$50k-$80k
Recent Bonus
$0-$10k
Work-Life Friendly Attributes:
Policies, Culture, Hours
Did you take Maternity leave?
"No"
Would you recommend Opower to other women?
"Yes"
Want to submit a response?
Anonymous shared this review of Opower on May 3rd, 2016
"It was a great place to work, although the Executive team can and should do more to make sure women are promoted into leadership positions. That said, who knows how the company will be in 6 months after the acquisition goes through."
Are women & men treated equally?
"N/A"
One thing Opower can improve?
"Other"
Recent Salary
$100k-$150k
Recent Bonus
$0-$10k
Work-Life Friendly Attributes:
Policies, Culture, Hours
Did you take Maternity leave?
"No"
"We recently succeeded in increasing parental leave to 16 weeks paid for primary caregivers and 6 weeks for secondary caregivers. However, with the acquisition, it's unclear if Oracle will honor this policy."
Would you recommend Opower to other women?
"Maybe"
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Anonymous shared this review of Opower on Apr 28th, 2016
"It is a great place to work if you have kids. As a women (with or without kids), there are defintely some improvements that could be made. For example, leadership is mostly (white) males. "
Are women & men treated equally?
"Yes"
One thing Opower can improve?
"Promote more women into leadership positions"
Position or Department
Client Success
Recent Salary
$100k-$150k
Recent Bonus
$0-$10k
Work-Life Friendly Attributes:
Policies, Culture, Hours
Did you take Maternity leave?
"No"
Would you recommend Opower to other women?
"Yes"
Want to submit a response?
Anonymous shared this review of Opower on Apr 28th, 2016
"Opower is one of the most family friendly employers in the DC area."
Are women & men treated equally?
"No"
One thing Opower can improve?
"Promote more women into leadership positions"
Recent Salary
$80k-$100k
Recent Bonus
$0-$10k
Work-Life Friendly Attributes:
Policies, Culture, Hours
Did you take Maternity leave?
"Yes"
16 Weeks Paid | 0 Weeks Unpaid
"They pay the difference between your STD and regular salary"
Would you recommend Opower to other women?
"Maybe"
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Anonymous shared this review of Opower on Apr 28th, 2016
"Opower is a high intensity company with a vibrant, young vibe. Due to the long hours and stress levels, though, it does seem that there is a higher than normal level of burnout (vs what I've seen at the other software companies I've worked for). I think the company IS STARTING TO go out of its way to make up for past issues with diversity but they have a lot of ground to make up so it will take some time. Pay is less than what I would expect given work load but I'm not sure if that discrepancy leans more toward one gender or not (I have no insight into pay)."
Are women & men treated equally?
"Yes"
One thing Opower can improve?
"Improve work-life balance and policies (e.g. flex-time, limit face time)"
Recent Salary
$80k-$100k
Recent Bonus
$0-$10k
Work-Life Friendly Attributes:
Policies, Culture
Did you take Maternity leave?
"No"
Would you recommend Opower to other women?
"Yes"
Want to submit a response?
Anonymous shared this review of Opower on Apr 28th, 2016
"Opower is trying to make great strides in being more woman-friendly. They've recently increased primary care leave to 4 months, however secondary care leave is still at 4 weeks. They should really increase this to 4 months as well to be truly family- and woman-friendly. They've also published their diversity and inclusion board, and say they are making an effort ot hire more women and underrepresented minorities into tech and leadership positions. So far they have no been successful, so it remains to be seen how they do in 2016."
Are women & men treated equally?
"Yes"
One thing Opower can improve?
"Promote more women into leadership positions"
Recent Salary
$100k-$150k
Recent Bonus
$0-$10k
Work-Life Friendly Attributes:
Policies, Culture, Hours
Did you take Maternity leave?
"No"
Would you recommend Opower to other women?
"Yes"
Want to submit a response?
Anonymous shared this review of Opower on Apr 28th, 2016
"Opower has better intentions than it does data or performance. There is a real systemic bias issue, and that won't change until top level leadership changes. That being said, many women have very positive experiences on the day to day, it's just when trying to achieve higher levels of leadership that we seem to hit a ceiling. "
Are women & men treated equally?
"No"
One thing Opower can improve?
"Promote more women into leadership positions"
Recent Salary
$100k-$150k
Recent Bonus
$0
Work-Life Friendly Attributes:
Policies, Culture, Hours
Did you take Maternity leave?
"No"
Would you recommend Opower to other women?
"Maybe"
Want to submit a response?
Anonymous shared this review of Opower on Apr 28th, 2016
"Day-to-day life is pretty fun and colleagues are wonderfully supportive, kind, and intelligent.
However, success (growth, promotions) largely requires waiting to be "plucked" up by an advocate, and much of the leadership team are males so it is difficult to find a female role model to emulate, get advice from, or be advocated for by.
"
Are women & men treated equally?
"No"
One thing Opower can improve?
"Other"
Position or Department
Client Success
Recent Salary
$80k-$100k
Recent Bonus
$0-$10k
Work-Life Friendly Attributes:
Policies, Culture, Hours
Did you take Maternity leave?
"No"
Would you recommend Opower to other women?
"No"
Want to submit a response?
Anonymous shared this review of Opower on Apr 28th, 2016
"Come work here, but be ready to fight for yourself, especially in a technical role."
Are women & men treated equally?
"No"
One thing Opower can improve?
"Promote more women into leadership positions"
Recent Salary
$100k-$150k
Recent Bonus
$0-$10k
Work-Life Friendly Attributes:
Policies, Culture, Hours
Did you take Maternity leave?
"No"
Would you recommend Opower to other women?
"Maybe"
Want to submit a response?
Anonymous shared this review of Opower on Apr 8th, 2016
"This is a great place to work for all employees. Benefits and work life balance can't be beat."
Are women & men treated equally?
"Yes"
One thing Opower can improve?
"Promote more women into leadership positions"
Recent Salary
$50k-$80k
Recent Bonus
$0-$10k
Work-Life Friendly Attributes:
Policies, Culture, Hours
Did you take Maternity leave?
"No"
Would you recommend Opower to other women?
"Yes"
Want to submit a response?
Anonymous shared this review of Opower on Mar 21st, 2016
"I've been with Opower for 3 years and while I love aspects of it, there are some major gender and racial issues. Senior leadership team is nearly all male and the attitude of many coworkers is one of constant, low-level dismissal.
It also feels like the bar for women to be promoted is significantly higher than that of men. The cliche of women being promoted on performance while men are promoted on potential is appropriate, and this is contributing to the gender disparity in leadership.
Some departments are doing better than others, but in general I wouldn't recommend the company to female connections without knowing who they would report to."
Are women & men treated equally?
"No"
Recent Salary
$100k-$150k
Recent Bonus
$0-$10k
Did you take Maternity leave?
"No"
Would you recommend Opower to other women?
"No"
Want to submit a response?
Anonymous shared this review of Opower on Mar 21st, 2016
"The company talks about promoting gender equality but women are docked for things like more traditionally "female" communication styles when it comes to review time, while men who are blatantly rude, dominate conversations unnecessarily, and pretty clearly attach less weight to women's perspectives are praised."
Are women & men treated equally?
"No"
Position or Department
Client Success
Recent Salary
$100k-$150k
Recent Bonus
$0-$10k
Did you take Maternity leave?
"No"
Would you recommend Opower to other women?
"No"
Want to submit a response?
Anonymous shared this review of Opower on Mar 21st, 2016
"All of senior management are male. The one senior manager who is female is a personal friend of one of the male senior managers. Her predecessor was fired without ceremony or explanation. Very few females will rise through the ranks at an equitable rate as their male counterparts, especially in male-dominated departments. Maternity leave is good- 4 months- but career growth is not."
Are women & men treated equally?
"No"
Position or Department
Sales Operations
Recent Salary
$100k-$150k
Recent Bonus
$0-$10k
Did you take Maternity leave?
"No"
Would you recommend Opower to other women?
"Maybe"
Want to submit a response?
Anonymous shared this review of Opower on Mar 21st, 2016
"Opower has made an open commitment to gender equality and empowering women. This is great and I generally believe women and all people are treated fairly, however mid and upper-level management is very male-dominated and generally on the younger end (under 40). I believe there are unconscious biases that work against women, especially mid-career women who are experienced but have come in from the outside of the company. There are "circles of trust" that are hard to crack. There are mid-level women with far more expertise in specialty areas than their managers and senior leadership, but they are either not asked for input, or their input is not valued as highly as their male counterparts and/or those individuals who have been in the company for longer."
Are women & men treated equally?
"No"
Position or Department
Sales Group
Recent Salary
$100k-$150k
Recent Bonus
$20k-$50k
Did you take Maternity leave?
"No"
Would you recommend Opower to other women?
"Maybe"
Want to submit a response?
Anonymous shared this review of Opower on Mar 21st, 2016
"Management is very male-dominated. Maternity leave is only three weeks, after you use all your PTO and then your short term disability. Sad state of affairs, though in general, the company is aware of the problem. Remains to be seen if they do something to fix it."
Are women & men treated equally?
"No"
Recent Salary
$80k-$100k
Recent Bonus
$0-$10k
Did you take Maternity leave?
"No"
Would you recommend Opower to other women?
"Yes"
Want to submit a response?
Anonymous shared this review of Opower on Mar 21st, 2016
"I have been at Opower for 3 years. Some teams are very woman friendly and some have a lot of bias. Upper management is definitely "bro" culture, but they appear to be getting better. My team was wonderful and my manager took criticism to heart when I sent him articles on unconscious bias. Our team is now gender balanced and his policy of resume name/pronoun scrubbing has led to a lot more diverse interviews and hires (in terms of race and gender). Other parts of the company are VERY bro-y. Our engineers are mostly male, our client support, and especially our Sales is overtly and covertly hostile to women."
Are women & men treated equally?
"No"
Recent Salary
$50k-$80k
Recent Bonus
$0-$10k
Did you take Maternity leave?
"No"
Would you recommend Opower to other women?
"Yes"
Want to submit a response?